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Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Syndromes, Subwakefullness Syndrome, Subwakefullness Syndromes, Long Sleeper Sleeper Syndrome, Long Phenotype, Short Sleep Wake Disorders, Sleep Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea Wake Disorder, Sleep Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic Syndrome, Short Sleeper Sleep Disorders Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic Disorder, Sleep Wake Sleep Wake Disorder Disorders, Sleep Long Sleeper Syndromes Sleeper Syndromes, Long Phenotypes, Short Sleep Sleep Phenotypes, Short Short Sleep Phenotype Syndrome, Long Sleeper Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas Short Sleeper Syndromes Short Sleeper Syndrome Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Sleeper Syndrome, Short Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea Long Sleeper Syndrome Subwakefullness Syndrome Disorders, Sleep Wake Sleep Disorder Sleeper Syndromes, Short Syndromes, Short Sleeper Disorder, Sleep Subwakefullness Syndromes Short Sleep Phenotypes
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Abnormal sleep-wake schedule or pattern associated with the CIRCADIAN RHYTHM which affect the length, timing, and/or rigidity of the sleep-wake cycle relative to the day-night cycle. Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)
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